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 ====== McDonald, Finnan ======
-or **Finan** (died 3 Dec. 1851, aged 69), fur trader and figure of legend. **(**known as Big Finnan of the Buffalo; Big Finnan; Finnan of the Buffalo; Finnan McDonald (Buffalo); spellings Finan and Finnan**)** Born in Scotland. Parents: Angus Ban McDonald (see Angus Ban Macdonell tenant of Muniall) and his wife Nelly (Eleanor or Ellen) McDonell, who emigrated with their family to GC in 1786, when Finnan was about four years old. Angus Ban McDonald died 5 Dec. 1822, aged 78, and is buried at St. Raphael’s. Angus Ban’s wife was still alive in 1825. Finnan McDonald was the brother of Col. James Mcdonald of the Glen, who was prominent in GC, and of the fur trader John Mcdonald le Borgne. Another brother, Archibald (d. 1 Nov. 1862, aged 89), who lived at Glen Roy, GC, is said to have been married to a sister of Fr Alexander Macdonell, the bishop of Upper Canada.
+or **Finan** (died 3 Dec. 1851, aged 69), fur trader and figure of legend. **(**known as Big Finnan of the Buffalo; Big Finnan; Finnan of the Buffalo; Finnan McDonald (Buffalo); spellings Finan and Finnan**)** Born in Scotland. Parents: Angus Ban McDonald (see [[macdonell_angus_ban|Angus Ban Macdonell]] tenant of Muniall) and his wife Nelly (Eleanor or Ellen) McDonell, who emigrated with their family to GC in 1786, when Finnan was about four years old. Angus Ban McDonald died 5 Dec. 1822, aged 78, and is buried at St. Raphael’s. Angus Ban’s wife was still alive in 1825. Finnan McDonald was the brother of Col. James Mcdonald of the Glen, who was prominent in GC, and of the fur trader John Mcdonald le Borgne. Another brother, Archibald (d. 1 Nov. 1862, aged 89), who lived at Glen Roy, GC, is said to have been married to a sister of Fr Alexander Macdonell, the bishop of Upper Canada.
 <tab>The spellings Finnan and Finan are both commonly found for this man. For Glengarrians, the spelling of his name as Finnan must always seem preferable because of the spelling of the name of the cathedral in Alexandria. However, the //Dictionary of Canadian Biography,// while it did not allot him a biography of his own, uses the spelling Finan in its various minor references to him, as did W. S. Wallace, the 1930s historian of the Nor’Westers. But whatever the spelling, Finan or Finnan is a name which has always been a rare one among Glengarrians.